New Delhi, India, July 4, 2017, 2017 -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization
dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today unveiled “Generation AI: A Study of Millennial Parents of Generation
Alpha Kids.” The survey illuminates how
Millennial parents with Generation Alpha children (those seven years-old or
younger) think growing up interacting with AI technology will impact the lives
of their children. Born in 2010 and
through 2025, Generation Alpha is
considered by many to be the most tech-infused demographic, and AI technologies
are expected to infiltrate nearly every aspect of their lives. A survey infographic is available for
download at http://transmitter.ieee.org/gen-ai-infographic.pdf

Parents are Less Worried if AI is
Behind the Wheel

Getting
a driver’s license is a new stage of independence for teens, but with
self-driving car technology on the horizon, the IEEE survey found that
Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids are slightly more nervous about
their child driving for the first time alone (31 percent) than their child
riding in a self-driving car alone for the first time (25 percent). However, 44 percent of parents are equally
worried about both scenarios.

AI, Not Kids, Preferred by Millennial
Parents for Care During Golden Years

Experts
say AI will power smart devices in the home that support physical, emotional,
social and mental health, from monitoring and assistive devices like
intelligent walkers to robot-assisted dressing.
About two-thirds of Millennial parents (63 percent) would rather have AI
help them live independently in their golden years, while just 37 percent
prefer to rely on their own children, the study found.

AI is
powering pet robots that can identify, greet, obey and entertain the
family. Nearly half (48 percent) of
Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids say they would be likely to get a
robot pet instead of real pet if their child asked for one, according to the
survey. In addition, fathers (55 percent)
are more likely than mothers (42 percent) to get a pet robot for their kids.

Because
AI is giving life to walking and talking robots that are becoming more adept at
human behavior, 40 percent of Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids say they
would be likely to supplement or replace a human nanny with a stay-at-home
robo-nanny to help take care of their children.

AI and Parenting: Emotional and Physical Health

To keep
Gen Alpha kids engaged, Millennial parents are using apps, interactive screens
and artificial intelligence-powered devices that 44 percent say also increases
their own focus as parents, as a result.
In addition:

●Although two-thirds (64 percent) of Millennial parents of
Generation Alpha kids say that AI and other technologies give them time to do
other things, two-thirds (63 percent) agree that technologies, including AI,
have diminished quality time with their child.

●Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids are nearly
twice as likely to agree (45 percent agree, 23 percent disagree) that AI and
other technologies minimize their frustrations as a parent.

●Two in five Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids
(39 percent) have either complete or a great deal of trust in AI to help
diagnose and treat their children if they become sick. Almost half (46 percent) have some trust.

In the
future, “smart” toys and AI apps currently in development have the potential to
respond to human language and a child’s behavior or enable real-time monitoring
and enhancement of vocabulary learning.
According to the IEEE survey, a majority of Millennial parents (80
percent) say AI technology increases their expectations that their Generation
Alpha babies will learn faster and more than they did, while for 20 percent,
expectations are the same or less. In
addition, three quarters (74 percent) of Millennial parents say they would
consider an AI-powered tutor for their child.

Many
experts believe that engineering is driving a myriad of world-changing
activities, from space exploration, drones and computer science, to health,
medicine and biology; and from vehicle technology to consumer electronics, to
name just a few. About three-quarters of
Millennial parents of Generation Alpha kids (74 percent) say they will
encourage their child at least somewhat to consider studying and pursuing a
career in engineering (including 38 percent who will strongly encourage them)
given the world-changing activities in that field.

“Generation
AI: A Study of Millennial Parents of
Generation Alpha Kids” surveyed 600 parents, ages 20 - 36 years-old, with at
least one child seven years old or under.
The surveys were conducted June 13-15, 2017.

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